The document provides an agenda for a two and a half day workshop for teams participating in the GM/US Drive engineering competition. The workshop includes technical sessions on the competition events, modeling and simulation, business topics, and communications. It also includes social events sponsored by Freescale and dSPACE. Teams will tour facilities at Freescale and Circuit of the Americas racetrack. Judging will take place for modeling simulations, sponsorship materials, and displays.

1. v12/7/2012
Year Two Winter Workshop – Version 12/7/12
Wednesday, January 23
Teams Travel to Austin, TX and check into hotel (Courtyard Austin Downtown/Convention Center)
2-6 PM Onsite Registration Courtyard Austin Downtown
Teams to submit Modeling & Simulation Event Presentation
& Sponsorship Pitch Backgrounder at Registration
5 PM GRA Reception Courtyard Austin Downtown
6:30 PM Depart for Welcome Night – Team’s to Drive on Own
7 PM Winter Workshop Welcome Night Abel’s on the Lake
10 PM Conclude & Return to Hotel
Thursday, January 24
7AM Depart hotel for Freescale
7:30AM Breakfast Freescale Cafeteria
Engineering GRAs and Comm. Managers to turn in their posters to the registration desk by 8 AM
Time Opening Plenary Session – Freescale Auditorium
All students, faculty and organizers
8 AM Welcome
Connie Bezanson, DOE
Jim Kolhoff, GM
Kevin Kott, dSPACE
Gregg Lowe, Freescale
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2. v12/7/2012
8:15 AM Looking Ahead to Competition Finals – Year 2 Competition Schedule
Kristen De La Rosa, ANL
8:45 AM Proving Ground Rules and Details
Chris Hengesh, GM
 Road System Layout
 Building Area Layout
 Proving Ground Rules
 Driving Conduct
 Team Member Conduct
 Attire
 Cell Phones/Camera Policy
 Available equipment and services
 Local resources/parts availability
9:30 – 3PM Sponsor Success Video & Blog Post Judging (Judges Only) Momentum 2, Freescale
9:30 AM Break
Communication Managers meet in lobby to depart for Outreach Day activities
Time Technical Overview Session, Competition Event Session, Business Managers, Communications
Auditorium Barton Creek 1-3 Trinity Room Managers, Off- Site
9:45 AM Shipping Details Dynamic Events Remaining Year Two
Dan Mehr & Chris Hengesh, GM Steve Gurski & Dan Mehr , GM Deliverables
 Shipping Timeline  ORSE Cindy Svestka & Carol Johnson,
 State of the vehicle  Max Lat GM & Nicole Lambiase, ANL
 Pallet requirements  Autocross
 Penalty  DCA
10:15 AM GM Updates  Acceleration & Braking
Outreach Day
Dan Mehr, GM
Details TBD
 Blue Dollars
 TBD
10:45 AM Year Two Event Rules Sponsorship Tactics and
Nicole Lambiase, Brian Benoy, Patrick Negotiating Techniques
Walsh, ANL Kristen De La Rosa, ANL
 Progress Report 3
 Final Technical Report
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3. v12/7/2012
11:15 AM Non-Year Specific Rules Vehicle Design Review Business Round Table
Jesse Alley, ANL Dan Mehr, GM
 Penalties
 Decals
 Updates
 Q&A
12 PM Lunch Freescale Cafeteria
Time Technical Overview Session, Auditorium Competition Event Session, Leadership Training (Team Communications Managers
Barton Creek 1-3 Leaders, Business Managers,
Faculty), Trinity Room
1 PM Safety & Technical Inspections Emissions & Energy Working in a Virtual
Jesse Alley & Brian Benoy, ANL, Steven Consumption Environment
Boyd, DOE Patrick Walsh, ANL & Jim Jim Kolhoff, GM
1:30 PM  Log Sheet Tulpa, GM Handling Your and Other
 Pre-Competition Inspections People’s Stress
o Schedule John Haraf, GM
2 PM o Procedure Being your Team’s Outreach Day
o Scoring Spokesperson Details TBD
 Competition Inspections TBD
2:30 PM o Procedure Leadership Succession
o Lessons Learned Planning
 Q&A TBD
3 PM Break
3:15 PM Engineering Panel Static Consumer
TBD Acceptability
Dan Mehr, GM
3:45 PM Mechanical Presentation Outreach Day
Ed Argalas, GM Details TBD
4:15 PM Electrical Presentation
Steve Gurski, GM
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4. v12/7/2012
4:45 PM Controls Presentation
Steve Gurski, GM
5:15 PM Return to Hotel and Evening on Your Own
Friday, January 25
7AM Depart for Freescale
7:30 AM Breakfast Freescale Cafeteria
ADD CD ADAPCO OFFICE HOURS?
Modeling & GM LE9/LUJ
Simulation GM APM/HVAC Office Hours Sponsorship Pitch & Table
Waivers Q&A Communications Managers,
Time Judging Open Q&A – Steve Top Display Judging
Freescale Trinity
Barton Creek 1- Momentum 2 Gurski, GM, Barton Creek 3
Cafeteria
2 St. Andrews
8AM Judge Briefing – Chris Twarog, Ed Argalas & Remaining Year Two Judge Briefing – Barton
8:20 AM Barton Creek 1- GM Hung Nyugen, Deliverables Creek 3
CSULA
2 GM & Kimberly DeClark, ANL & Lynda
J. Alley, ANL Palombo, NRCan
8:40 AM Clean Cities Workforce WSU
9 AM Development Program Update Waterloo
CSULA UTK Amanda McAlpin & Dana
Bubonovich, ANL
9:20 AM Break
9:30 AM TBD Communications Washington
CSU RHIT
9:50 AM Professional Development VT
Continued
10:10 AM UVic
ERAU MSU
10:30 AM UTK
10:50 AM Break
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5. v12/7/2012
11 AM TBD Communications RHIT
MSU UVic
11:20 AM Professional Development Purdue
Continued
11:40 AM PSU
NCSU Waterloo
12 PM OSU
12:20 PM Lunch Freescale Cafeteria
ADD FSL FAB TOURS THIS AFTERNOON
Waivers CD-Adapco
Modeling & GM LE9/LUJ
Q&A Office Hours Sponsorship Pitch &
Simulation Magna Office Office Hours GKN Office Communications
Freescale and Open Table Top Display
Time Judging Hours, – Steve Hours. Managers,
Cafeteria Q&A Judging
Barton Creek 1- Momentum 2 Gurski, GM, Bear Creek Trinity Room
Capitol Barton Creek 3
2 St. Andrews
Room
1 PM Ed Argalas TBD, CD- Communications NCSU
OSU CSULA VT Washington
1:20 PM & Hung Adapco Round Table MSU
1:40 PM Nyugen, ERAU
2 PM GM & CSU
PSU Purdue WSU Waterloo
J. Alley,
ANL
2:20 PM Break
2:30 PM PR Panel CSULA
Purdue NCSU ERAU
2:50 PM Judge Debrief – Barton
Open Q&A
3:10 PM Creek 3
RHIT UVic Open Q&A
3:30 PM
3:50 PM Break
4 PM PR Panel Cont.
UTK PSU
4:20 PM
Continued
4:40 PM
UVic
5 PM
5 – 6 PM Sponsor Social & Team Sponsorship Displays Set-Up
5:20 PM Depart for Hotel
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6. v12/7/2012
7 PM Sponsor Social Courtyard Marriott, Downtown Austin
10 PM Conclude
Saturday, January 26
7AM Depart for Freescale
7:30 AM Breakfast Freescale Cafeteria
Business Managers Project Management Training
1 on 1, (Team Leaders, Faculty, Business
Modeling & Communications Walnut Creek Managers),
Waivers Q&A
Time Simulation Judging Managers 1 on 1, Trinity Room
Momentum 2
Barton Creek 1-2 Bear Creek
Ed Argalas & Hung WSU Picking the right person for the job
8AM VT CSULA
Nyugen, GM & and vice versa
J. Alley, ANL Rich Maltzman & Dave Shirley,
EarthPM
8:40 AM Washington CSU Waterloo
Motivation
Rich Maltzman & Dave Shirley,
9:20 AM Waterloo ERAU UW
EarthPM
High Performance Teams
Rich Maltzman & Dave Shirley,
10 AM WSU MSU VT EarthPM
10:40 AM Break
10:50 AM – 12PM Modeling & Simulation Judge Debrief Capitol Room
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7. v12/7/2012
Time Freescale dSPACE ESS Office Waivers Q&A Communication Business Project Management Training,
Training, Barton Training, Blue Hours, Momentum 2 Managers 1on1, Managers Trinity Room
Creek 3 Bonnet St. Andrews Bear Creek 1on1, Walnut
Creek
10:50 TBD, Freescale TBD, dSPACE Jesse Alley, Ed Argalas & NCSU UVic Collaboration Training
AM ANL Hung Nyugen, Rich Maltzman & Dave Shirley,
GM OSU UTK EarthPM
 Stakeholder connections
11:30
 OBS and how it works
PM
with the WBS
 Building a powerful RAM
12 PM Lunch Freescale Cafeteria
Time Freescale dSPACE AVL Waivers Q&A Communication Business Project Faculty Round
Training, Training, Blue Training, Momentum 2 Managers 1on1, Managers Management Table,
Barton Creek 3 Bonnet Town Lake Bear Creek 1on1, Training, Barton Creek 1-
Walnut Creek Trinity Room 2
TBD, AVL Ed Argalas & Responding to Faculty advisors
1 PM Hung Nyugen, PSU RHIT Risk Deep Dive to report on
GM & Rich Maltzman & successes and
J. Alley, ANL Dave Shirley, challenges
1:40 PM Purdue Purdue EarthPM
Continued Continued What Does
Automated
Software Offer a
2:20 PM RHIT PSU Project Team?
Rich Maltzman &
Dave Shirley,
EarthPM
3 PM BREAK
3:15 PM UTK OSU Round Table
Continued Continued Continued Continued Teams to bring Continued
3:55 PM UVic NCSU
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8. v12/7/2012
specific issues to
MSU discuss
4:35PM VT
5:25PM Depart for Hotel
7PM Evening Event Sponsored by Freescale & dSPACE Maggie Mae’s on Sixth St.
10PM Conclusion
Sunday, January 27
7:00 AM Depart for Circuit of the Americas
7:45 AM Breakfast
ADD TEAM PHOTOS
Acceleration & Braking Communications Business Managers 1 on
E&EC Demo, AVL Demo,
Time Tours Demo, Parking Lot A/ Managers 1 on 1, 1, Founders Suite
Parking Lot A Parking Lot A
COTA Blvd. Legacy Suite
8:20 AM 7, 8, 9 1&2 3&4 5&6 Washington ERAU
8:40 AM 3&4 5&6 1&2
9:00 AM 10, 11, 12 5&6 1&2 3&4 Waterloo CSU
9:20 AM 7&8 9&10 11&12
9:40 AM 13, 14, 15 11&12 7&8 9&10 WSU CSULA
10:00 AM 9&10 11&12 7&8
10:20 AM 1, 2, 3 13 14 15
10:40 AM 14 15 13
11:00 AM 4, 5, 6 15 13 14
11:20 AM LUNCHEON TBD
1:00 PM Depart for Airport
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